(veterinary medicine) Presence of excessive levels of acetone in blood, sometimes occurring in cows during the first weeks after giving birth to a calf.
acetonemic
acetonemic
adj
Of or pertaining to acetonemia
achromatin
achromatin
noun
(biology) Tissue that is not stained by fluid dyes.
actiniform
actiniform
adj
Having a radiated form
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
actinonema
actinosoma
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actomyosin
actomyosin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibres.
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aminolytic
aminolytic
adj
Relating to aminolysis
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
anacrotism
anacrotism
noun
(biology) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
anamniotic
anamniotic
adj
(anatomy) Without, or not developing, an amnion.
anatomical
anatomical
adj
Of or relating to anatomy or dissection.
antibromic
antibromic
adj
(archaic) Having the power to eliminate offensive smells.
noun
(archaic) Any substance capable of eliminating offensive smells.
antichrome
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
antiloemic
antiloimic
antiloimic
adj
remedial against the plague
noun
(medicine) A remedy against the plague.
astronomic
astronomic
adj
(figurative) of very large or immense proportions; colossal
pertaining or relating to astronomy
ataxinomic
ataxonomic
cameration
cameration
noun
A vaulting or arching over.
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
cathomycin
cathomycin
Noun
novobiocin
catmalison
cenobitism
cenobitism
noun
The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
centesimos
centimolar
centimolar
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
chariotman
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
cionectomy
cismontane
cismontane
adj
Favoring French control over local church matters in conflicts with the Pope.
From this side of the mountains.
citizendom
citizendom
noun
Citizenship; the status of a citizen.
The world or sphere of citizens.
clinometer
clinometer
noun
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
coatimundi
coatimundi
noun
The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a South American carnivore.
codominant
codominant
adj
(genetics) Describing two or more alleles that are equally dominant.
Equally dominant.
noun
A species or organism that jointly dominates a region.
colemanite
colemanite
noun
(mineralogy) A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron.
columnists
columnists
noun
plural of columnist
comandanti
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
combinator
combinator
noun
(computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combustion
combustion
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
(figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
comforting
comforting
adj
Giving comfort.
noun
The act of giving comfort.
verb
present participle of comfort
commandite
commenting
commenting
noun
The making of a comment; commentary.
verb
present participle of comment
comminated
comminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminate
comminator
comminuate
comminuted
comminuted
adj
Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminute
comminutor
comminutor
noun
(engineering) A type of machine that grinds up solid materials, especially in waste treatment
commistion
commitment
commitment
noun
Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
State of being pledged or engaged.
The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
committent
committing
committing
noun
The act by which something is committed.
verb
present participle of commit
commixtion
commixtion
noun
(Christianity) The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection.
(law) In Roman and Scottish law, a method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors.
(obsolete) The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
(obsolete) The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling.
(obsolete) coition; copulation; sexual intercourse.
(obsolete) commixture; a commixed condition or state.
commorient
commorient
adj
Dying together or at the same time.
noun
Someone dying at the same time as someone else.
commotions
commotions
noun
plural of commotion
communists
communists
noun
plural of communist
communital
compacting
compacting
verb
present participle of compact
compaction
compaction
noun
The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compatient
compatient
adj
(obsolete) suffering or enduring together
complaints
complaints
noun
plural of complaint
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
comporting
comporting
verb
present participle of comport
composting
composting
verb
present participle of compost
comptonite
conceptism
conceptism
noun
Alternative form of conceptismo
concettism
concettism
noun
The use of concetti, or affected conceits.
concretism
concretism
noun
(art) An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s.
reification; the fallacy of treating an abstraction like a real entity
condiments
condiments
noun
plural of condiment
confirmity
conformist
conformist
adj
Conforming to established customs, etc.
noun
A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)
Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
conformity
conformity
noun
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The state of things being similar or identical.
consortism
consortism
noun
(India) The relationship between consorts.
(biology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species.
consortium
consortium
noun
(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.
(law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
An association or society.
contemning
contemning
verb
present participle of contemn
contermine
continuums
convertism
convictism
convictism
noun
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
coterminal
coterminal
adj
(category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.
(geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
(university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
noun
(aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.
craniotome
craniotome
noun
A surgical instrument used in craniotomy to remove part of the skull.
craniotomy
craniotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.
cremations
cremations
noun
plural of cremation
criminator
cronartium
cummington
cumulation
cumulation
noun
Accumulation.
The effect of free trade agreements on the rules of origin in calculating importation tariffs, quotas, etc.
decimation
decimation
noun
(generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
(mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.
(signal processing) A digital signal-processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal; downsampling
(strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
A tithe or the act of tithing.
demicanton
dictyonema
dimication
dimication
noun
(obsolete) A fight; a contest.
doctrinism
doctrinism
noun
doctrinal rigidity; using a doctrine without any criticism.
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
economists
economists
noun
plural of economist
emaciation
emaciation
noun
The act of making very lean.
The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
emplection
emplection
noun
Alternative form of emplecton
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
endomictic
endomictic
adj
Relating to endomixis.
endosmotic
endosmotic
adj
Relating to endosmosis.
entamoebic
entamoebic
adj
Alternative form of entamebic
entodermic
entodermic
adj
entodermal
ethnomanic
ethonomics
factionism
gnosticism
gnosticism
noun
Alternative form of Gnosticism
iconomatic
iconomatic
adj
Expressing ideas by means of pictured objects.
iconometer
iconometer
noun
(photography, historical) An early form of viewfinder.
iconometry
iconometry
noun
The measurement of icons and their proportions etc., in religious art.
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
importancy
importancy
noun
(obsolete) That which is important.
(obsolete) importance; significance
impotences
impotences
noun
plural of impotence
incolumity
incolumity
noun
(obsolete) safety; security
incomplete
incomplete
adj
(botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Not complete; not finished
noun
(Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
(Usenet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
A designation of being incomplete.
inocystoma
intratomic
intratomic
adj
Within an atom.
kenoticism
kenoticism
noun
The doctrine of kenosis
kionectomy
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
latecoming
latecoming
adj
Arriving late.
lienectomy
lithomancy
lithomancy
noun
divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
locomoting
locomoting
verb
present participle of locomote
locomotion
locomotion
noun
(biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
(countable, often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
(uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
maceration
maceration
noun
The act or process of macerating.
machinator
machinator
noun
One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
maculation
maculation
noun
(obsolete) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.
(zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots.
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
manometric
manometric
adj
Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer
manostatic
marcionist
marcionite
marcionite
Noun
A follower of Marcionism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Marcionism.
mastodonic
mastodonic
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the mastodon.
huge, gigantic
matrocliny
matrocliny
noun
The quality of being matroclinous.
matronymic
matronymic
adj
By extension; of, relating to, or derived from the given name of a female ancestor.
Of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one's mother.
noun
A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one's mother.
By extension, a surname or byname acquired from the given name from a female ancestor.
medication
medication
noun
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
The administration of medicine.
megadontic
melaconite
melaconite
noun
(mineralogy) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores.
melicraton
menostatic
menostatic
adj
Relating to, or undergoing, menostasis.
mesodontic
mesotronic
methanolic
methanolic
adj
Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound that contains methanol.